Psychology Research

PUBLICATIONS

• Bullock, M., Hackathorn, J., Clark, E. M., & Mattingly, B. A. (2011). Can we be (and stay) friends? Remaining friends after dissolution of a romantic relationship. Journal of Social Psychology, 151, 662-666.
• Bullock, M., Stambush, M. A., & Mattingly, B. A. (2011). Weight loss effort and anti-fat attitudes on perceptions of a target's sociability and experienced exclusion. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 16, 42-55.
• Hackathorn, J., Mattingly, B. A., Clark, E. M., & Mattingly, M. J. B. (2011). Practicing what you preach: Perceptions of infidelity as a predictor of fidelity. Current Psychology, 30, 299-311.
• Kuntz, K. K., & Bonfiglio, D. B. V. (2011). Psychological distress in patients presenting for initial renal transplant evaluation. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 18(3), 307-311.
• Mattingly, B. A., Clark, E. M., Weidler, D. J., Bullock, M., Hackathorn, J., & Blankmeyer, K. (2011). Sociosexual orientation, commitment, and infidelity: A mediation analysis. Journal of Social Psychology, 151, 222-226.
• Mattingly, B. A., Oswald, D. L., & Clark, E. M. (2011). An examination of relational-interdependent self-construal, communal strength, and pro-relationship behaviors in friendships. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 1243-1248.
• Metzger, M.M. (2011). Directed forgetting: Differential effects on typical and distinctive faces. The Journal of General Psychology, 138(2), 155-168.
• Wilson, K., Mattingly, B. A., Clark, E. M., Weider, D. J., & Bequette, A. W. (2011). The gray area: Exploring attitudes toward infidelity and the development of the Perceptions of Dating Infidelity Scale. Journal of Social Psychology, 151, 63-86.

CONFERENCES

College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium (Ashland University)

• Jessica Bates, Lauren Goossens, & Nicolle Valentine, Weight changes in first semester university students.
• Rachel Carson & Kayla Hoover, The effects of self-expansion on effort exerted on a physical task.
• Jennifer Schultz & Shawn Yambor, The effects of terror management theory and positive encouragement on motor skill abilities.
• Nicole Tiberi & Stephanie Gordon, The association of attachment with romantic relationship satisfaction.
• Megen Valerino & Sarah Sladick, Strangers: Why individuals accept their digital candy on Facebook.

Eastern Psychological Association (Cambridge, MA)

• Miranda Bobrowski, Gary Lewandowski, Jr., & Brent Mattingly, The effects of self-expansion on effort.

Midwestern Psychological Association (Chicago, IL)

• Jessica Bates, Lauren Goossens, & Nicolle Valentine, Weight changes in first semester university students.
• Rachel Carson, Kayla Hoover, Brent Mattingly, & Gary Lewandowski, Jr., The effects of self-expansion on effort exerted on a physical task.
• Fred Grant, Jr., & Falynn Almeda, Environmental factors on mood.
• Jennifer Schultz & Shawn Yambor, The effects of terror management theory and positive encouragement on motor skill abilities.
• Nicole Tiberi & Stephanie Gordon, The association of attachment with romantic relationship satisfaction.
• Megen Valerino & Sarah Sladick, Strangers: Why individuals accept their digital candy on Facebook.

Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Undergraduate Research Symposium (Columbus, OH)

• Nicole Tiberi & Stephanie Gordon, The association of attachment with romantic relationship satisfaction.

Society of Behavioral Medicine (Washington, DC)

• Diane Bonfiglio, Kristen Kuntz, & Nicolle Valentine, Personal familiarity, but not knowledge, predicts willingness to consider altruistic kidney donation.

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (San Antonio, TX)

• Brent Mattingly, Gary Lewandowski, Jr., & Rachel Carson, Solving the unsolvable: The effects of self-expansion on generating solutions to impossible problems.
• Kevin McIntyre, Brent Mattingly, Gary Lewandowski, Jr., Rebecca Carey, Lindsay Nieman, & David Russak. Motivation and prospects of self-concept change affect desire to form friendships.

PUBLICATIONS

• Metzger, M. M., & Riccio, D. C. (2009). The forgetting of stimulus attributes in latent inhibition. Physiology & Behavior, 96(1), 194-198.
• Mattingly, B. A., Stambush, M. A., & Hill, A. E. (2009). Shedding the pounds but not the stigma: Negative attributions as a function of a target's weight loss method. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 14, 128-144.

CONFERENCES

Midwestern Psychological Association (Chicago, IL)

• Teresa Ardiri, Joseph Stupica, & Mitchell Metzger, The influence of color on memory recall.
• Jennifer Seda & Mitchell Metzger, Are our views really changing?
• Melinda Bullock, Jana Hackathorn, Eddie Clark, Brent Mattingly et al., Friends for revenge: Motivations for friendship after relationship dissolution.
• Brent Mattingly & Michael Cahill, Not all pro-relationship behaviors are created equally: How approach and avoidance motivations differentially predict willingness to sacrifice and accommodation.
• Daniel Weidler, Eddie Clark, & Brent Mattingly, Gender differences in the association between attachment and relational interdependent self-construal.

PUBLICATIONS

• Stratton, D. C., & Moore, A. J. (2007). Fractured relationships and the potential for abuse of older men. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 19(1/2), 75-98.
• Vanata, D. F., & Metzger, M. M. (2007). The influence of acute soy isoflavone administration on cognition in healthy young adults. North American Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 379-386.

CONFERENCES

Eastern Psychological Association (Philadelphia, PA)

• Lisa Burg & Mitchell Metzger, Media and body image: The media's effect on young women
• Melissa Hemmig, Samantha Himes, Kay Matej, & Mitchell Metzger, Serving size estimates of snack foods in college students: Do they over or underestimate?

Qualitative Analysis Conference (Fredericton, New Brunswick)

• Alinde Moore & Dorothy Stratton, Masculine styles of kinkeeping

The Gerontological Society of America (San Francisco, CA)

• Alinde Moore & Dorothy Stratton, Men managing kinkeeping